Study sheds light on progress and gaps in hepatitis C clearance cascade CDCMMWR hepititisC hepC hepititis clearance cascade clearancecascade
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJul 4 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In the recent Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , researchers described the hepatitis C virus elimination cascade during the direct-acting antivirals era between January 1 2013 and December 31 2022.
Establishing a comprehensive nationwide HCV infection cascade is difficult due to the scarcity of one data source that could describe all the steps. Results Between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2021, 1,719,493 individuals were recognized as having previously been HCV-infected. HCV testing prevalence ranged between 79% and 91% . The initial infection rates were lowest among individuals aged 0.0 to 19.0 years ; the payer type ranged between 63% for private insurance and 82% for undetermined payer type.
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